About the Authors

Hao Zhang

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Emerging Infectious Diseases of Guangdong Province, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Yanru Zhang

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Rifat Hamoudi

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, London, United Kingdom, UCL Cancer Institute, Paul O Gorman Building, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Guiyun Yan

Affiliation Program in Public Health, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Xiaoguang Chen

xgchen2001@hotmail.com (XGC); yuanpingzhou@163.com (YPZ)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Emerging Infectious Diseases of Guangdong Province, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Yuanping Zhou

xgchen2001@hotmail.com (XGC); yuanpingzhou@163.com (YPZ)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XGC YPZ GY. Performed the experiments: HZ. Analyzed the data: HZ YZ GY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XGC YPZ YZ. Wrote the paper: HZ. Revised the paper: RH. Responsible for the supervision of the project and final approval of the version: XGC YPZ.